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why couldn't life exist on a planet jupiter size if it had the same quality as earth

Answer 1

So far scientists don't have any theory that allows for naturally occurring rocky planets of that mass. All planets that large eventually collect a thick atmosphere and become gas giants.

That said, if such a planet did exist (perhaps created artificially?), there would be nothing stopping life from developing and surviving there. The life would have to deal with gravity significantly higher than that on Earth, but this wouldn't be a big enough difference to actually prevent life from existing at all- it would merely take on different forms.

Answer 2

ask yourself first, if micro-organism can survive in such balances conditions, life would exist in that planet  

Answer 3

Because God didn't make it that way.

Answer 4

Well to begin, the Gravity is too imense, and unless it is microorganisms, Jupiters is simply too large, too far away from the sun, and is a giant ball of lethal gasses that make the possibility of harboring life slim.

Answer 5

I don't think gravity would be a problem as other people have suggested.  I'm sure life could adapt to it.  If it had oceans, I don't see why aquatic life couldn't exist under tremendous gravity.  There's life on the bottom of Earth's oceans that are miles deep aren't there?  The only real obstacle to having even more life on the bottom of Earth's oceans is that sunlight doesn't get nearly that far down.  If Jupiter were closer to the sun so it were warm enough for water based life, I don't see why it wouldn't have  it.  

Answer 6

maybe it does

or maybe its not the right distance from the sun

Answer 7

The gravity would be tremendous on a solid planet Jupiter's size (it's pretty strong on Jupiter, too). You might get something like algae, but it's doubtful anything with an appreciable structure could form under that kind of gravity.

Answer 8

Sagan's Cosmos suggests that you might have "floaters" - animals that float like balloons in the atmospheres.  You might even have predators that eat them.  I've not heard anything that suggests that this is impossible, and don't expect any.

Answer 9

What is the 'same quality'?

Life exists on earth because it has evolved to meet the conditions existing on earth.  There is good evidence to indicate that a lot of those conditions are vital.  The existence of liquid water is of utmost importance to our system of life.  So to have our kind of life, liquid water is needed, which means the right temperature and pressure range.

On a solid planet like Jupiter, gravity would be much higher, as would pressures.  It's difficult to imagine a life form that could life in those conditions, certainly nothing complex would be happy.

Now, if by 'same quality' you suppose a Jupiter size planet of some lighter desnity, so it only had earth like gravity, and thus probably air pressure, and you placed it at one AU from a sun similar to ours, then sure, it's possible.

Answer 10

Everything on Jupiter is so spread out life could not combine and evolve like it can on earth.

Answer 11

Well, I really don't know why people say that you need certain characteristics in order to have life on another planet-  I mean, technically, there could be beings that have absolutely nothing in common with us and don't need oxygen or water or anything "human" to live...

We just say that by our living standards then it would be pretty imposible for something to exist on a planet with different conditions than ours, therefore, the reason while life "couldn't" exist on an earth-like jupiter is non-existent. If Jupiter had exactly (and I mean exactly, like, atmospheric conditions, oxygen levels, gravity fields, etc etc etc) the same stuff as Earth (except for pollution, "global warming" and other nocive things for human beings) there's no reason why life couldn't exist on it.

Sorry if it was a bit too complicated!

Answer 12

Mostly because of the gravity. If all of life on Earth was immediatly transported to a planet with the same mass and size of Jupiter, we would be crushed. But this planet would be even more massive because it would have land... Jupiter is a gas giant. Imagine how much more gravity there would be with land! We would be crushed.

Answer 13

well... jupiter is so big, that the atmospheric pressures alone would prevent us from setting foot on ti's surface... (assuming it had one)

with our current technology we still couldn't contruct a ship designed to enter down to near jupiter's core... the atmosphere pressures would literally crush anything we built, like a soda can. you think pressures are high at the bottoms of the oceans? that's absolutely nothing compared to the pressures near jupiter's core.

Answer 14

I would think the answer to your question is UNKNOWN-- at this time. We tend to think of intelligent "life" as developing under the same conditions as here on Earth. water-oxygen- certain chemical compositions-- amino acids-- etc

But there may be other types we have no knowledge about-- somewhere in the universe.

Answer 15

It probably could. We don't really know, not having found any life on any planet other than Earth (yet). One planet is not enough examples for us to know what kind of planets could support life for sure.